what's coming off the bench......

[Benni3]

I think Keith benches 320 to 400lbs,,,,,,,,

[Shark Hunter]

 I only bench tall boys.

[CooldadE]

I  don't drink any more but in my youth I did more than my fair share of 12oz curls ...

COOL

[JasonGotaProblem]

one of the main things for me is that i don't want someone opening up a reel that i've worked on and just roll their eyes.  yeah, this reel looks like a 5 year old went in with a greasy paint brush!

In my limited (several weeks of) experience I've been operating under the assumption that inside a gearbox, more is merrier when it comes to grease. I've beem wondering if I'm using enough!
It seems dealing with finding out I've been very wrong is one of my more frequently practiced skills these days.

[nelz]

I've been operating under the assumption that inside a gearbox, more is merrier when it comes to grease.

Yeah, me too! I thought the "Tani Treatment" included coating the internals with grease? 

[alantani]

what i do is go in an scrub with a greasy toothbrush, leaving a light coat everywhere.  that's really all it takes. 

[JasonGotaProblem]

what i do is go in an scrub with a greasy toothbrush, leaving a light coat everywhere.  that's really all it takes. 

It's funny, I use a greasy toothbrush too, just less sparingly. I didn't learn that anywhere, it just seemed about right. I keep the head wrapped in foil in the tupperware container with my reel bits etc. (Yes it all still fits in one 10" cube Tupperware, I'm still new at this. It will grow.)

[alantani]

this is one of the really nice shimano calcutta TE 200GT's.  the owner wanted the thumb bar replaced because it was sticky.  it's sort of like when i took my wife skiing and she wore one of those fancy one piece ski suits.  she'd complain that she'd have to strip down completely just to go pee.  same thing here.  to get to the thumb bar, the entire right side plate has to come apart.  it's not hard, just tedious.   

[redsetta]

...the owner wanted the thumb bar replaced because it was sticky.

Such a common problem with Shimano rubber - it hates sunblock and Inox.

[Lunker Larry]

That type of side plate always drives me nuts. Lots of nooks and crannies to clean in that type of frame too.

[oc1]

...the owner wanted the thumb bar replaced because it was sticky.

Such a common problem with Shimano rubber - it hates sunblock and Inox.

It also hates insect repellant.  What's it been Justin?  30 years or so?  You would think they could have figured it out by now.
-steve

[alantani]

if you have every eccentric except the one you need. make one that works by drilling another hole for the spring!!!!!  i had to use a 1/16ths inch drill bit, because that's the smallest one that i have.  i just orders a 12 pack of 1/32nds inch drill bits for next time!!!!!

[thorhammer]

doh.....now that's pic of  the month....i've rebent a million springs to make one work and never thought of that fix when needed....

[Lunker Larry]

What a GREAT idea. I coulda used that a while back.

[alantani]

the 1/16ths inch drill bit worked, but clearly 1/32nds would be better.  they come in a pack of 12, likely because they are so easy to break.  one use for sure will be in extracting brass 5/40 penn screws.